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Calculating the modern-day contract worth of baseball’s legends

Nov 22, 2014

Contract, Headlines, Opinions & Predictions

An article recently written by David Schoenfield of ESPN showed how the monetary value of the WAR statistic (Wins Above Replacement) is getting greater and greater by the year. It’s so valuable in fact, that at...

Before doing the Ice Bucket Challenge, remember that Lou Gehrig is the reason you can

Steve Benko

Aug 20, 2014

Opinions & Predictions

Amidst the ever so popular Facebook and Instagram videos of, ‘The Ice Bucket Challenge,’ there are some people who are losing sight of what is really important, and that is funding the foundation for ALS. ALS ...

Predicting which Active Players will Make the Hall of Fame

Baseball Essential

Jul 29, 2014

Hall of Fame, Milestone, Opinions & Predictions

No, I promise I won't use this as a forum to talk about Barry Bonds and why the SECOND BEST PLAYER EVER SHOULD BE IN THE HALL OF FAME (!!!), but rather to focus on the past weekend that was, and use it to stir ...

Jeter breaks another Yankee record

Baseball Essential

Jul 22, 2014

American League, American League East, Milestone, New York Yankees

On July 22nd, 2014, New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter broke yet another Yankee all time record in his last season before retirement. Jeter passed Lou Gehrig for the most doubles in Yankee history Tuesday n...

Going by WAR: Top 10 players at each position of all-time, based on WAR

Baseball Essential

Jun 2, 2014

Opinions & Predictions

I am a nerd. A baseball stats nerd. And as a baseball stats nerd, FanGraphs is my favorite place to get my daily dose of analytics and sabermetrics. Perhaps my favorite, all-inclusive statistic is WAR, Wins Abo...

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Calculating the modern-day contract worth of baseball’s legends

Before doing the Ice Bucket Challenge, remember that Lou Gehrig is the reason you can

Predicting which Active Players will Make the Hall of Fame

Jeter breaks another Yankee record

Going by WAR: Top 10 players at each position of all-time, based on WAR